Sharing culture for education, widening participation and knowledge creation (DURK)

This cross-university project will develop models and structures for open web-based free education. Research and education are increasingly taking place in open forms and in collaboration across borders between disciplines and between researchers, teachers, students and citizens.

The goals of the project are:

• to develop sustainable models and infrastructures, based on a culture of sharing and knowledge exchange,
• to disseminate knowledge about open education and develop and test an open course at each faculty.

The project is ongoing 2020–2021.

About the project

In a Vice-Chancellor's decision dated 20th August 2020, the unit for pedagogical development and interactive learning (PIL) was commissioned to run the project Sharing culture for education, widening participation and knowledge creation at the University of Gothenburg. The project is a collaboration between the PIL unit and Gothenburg University Library and aims to develop models and structures for open education and to develop at least one open education course within socially relevant areas of knowledge at each faculty.

The project's activities are carried out at departmental, faculty and university level and are conducted in line with the university's pedagogical principles as a competence development strategy for academic teaching, collegial collaboration and collaborative learning.

Project organisation

Temporary project leader: Maria Sunnerstam (PIL), maria.sunnerstam@gu.se
Project coordinator: Daniel Brandt (Grants and Innovation Office)
Steering group: Fredrika Lagergren Wahlin (University Management), Miroslaw Staron (IT Faculty), Tomas Grysell (PIL), Maja Pelling (SACO), Erik Boström (Gothenburg University Library), Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt (Department of Education, Communication and Learning).
Project group: Anne Algers (PIL), Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt (Department of Education, Communication and Learning), Erik Boström (Gothenburg University Library), Andrea Carozzi Bjurström (Gothenburg University Library), Gustav Öberg (PIL) and academics from the eight faculties.

Courses

Faculty of Science

The Problem of Antibiotic Resistance
The course will be given in English
Course leader: Anne Farewell

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

Independent Filmmaking – Foundation course
The course will be given in Swedish
Course leaders: Karl Hedin and Tommy Spanheden

School of Business, Economics and Law

Tourism and Society
The course will be given in Swedish
Course leaders: Erik Lundberg and Kristina Nilsson

Faculty of Education

Teaching and Learning About Sustainability
The course will be given in English
Course leader: Sally Windsor

Faculty of Social Sciences

Sustainable Student Life
The resource is available in Swedish
Contact: Agnes Nurbo

Sahlgrenska Academy

Living Habits
The course will be given in Swedish
Course leaders: Mats Börjesson, Stefan Grau, Frida Nilsson and Daniel Wennerlund